"When Blair made that speech I believe the scales fell from the eyes of many people in this country. It was a deeply disgraceful speech. It was meanspirited. It was manipulative... It also showed a gulf between his twisted misrepresentations and Wiliam Hague's straightforward honesty."Michael Portillo

"We heard about the forces of conservatism the other day. What about the forces of socialism and communism? They have failed. The forces of conservatism haven't."Bill Cash MP

"I dismiss with contempt Tony Blair's call for Tories of the centre ground to seek a home in Labour."Michael Heseltine MP

"The mad eyes, the messanic rant, the vanity... It gave everyone the shivers."Alan Duncan MP

That "extraordinary" speech last week will be "to Tony Blair what the Sheffield rally was to Neil Kinnock".Peter Lilley MP sees parallels with Labour's ill-fated 1992 election rally

"Blair crusades to 'set the people free'. The idea that this is a government that trusts the people stands up not for a moment."Stephen Dorrell MP

"After last week's manic speech, isn't it time we exchanged that charlatan for a decent Yorkshireman?"Iain Duncan Smith MP